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but benedict is a tweeting pope. so it is only natural twitter is exploding with news of his resignation. and samuel berk is monitoring all things social media for us today. samuel, what are folks are saying? >> look at this visualization of all the twitter conversations in the world. the entire planet is talking about the pope. but a lot of people are focusing in on this tweet from the pope he sent out last night. he says, we must trust in the mighty power of god's mercy. we are all sinners, but his grace transforms us and makes us new. and over in latin america, people are asking -- why not a latin american pope? 42% of us catholics are latin americans. similar over in nigeria. why not an african pope? mentioning cardinal francis arinze. >> we discovered the number one most populous catholic country, maybe speaking portuguese, brazil. twitter can be fun. comedians i'm sure are finding fodder in the news. spill it. what are you finding? >> of course. in these situations you find snarky tweets. one of the more humoro
but benedict is a tweeting pope. so it is only natural twitter is exploding with news of his resignation. and samuel berk is monitoring all things social media for us today. samuel, what are folks are saying? >> look at this visualization of all the twitter conversations in the world. the entire planet is talking about the pope. but a lot of people are focusing in on this tweet from the pope he sent out last night. he says, we must trust in the mighty power of god's mercy. we are all...
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pope benedict was so shocked by the allegations, he decided to resign. it follows with uncharacteristically strong language saying these "unverifiable or completely false news stories caused serious damage to persons and institutions and are an attempt to use public opinion to influence the cardinals' free will in the election of a new pope." cardinal depaulis will take part at that election in the conclave and stresses caution. we cannot say things that are only guesswork or imagination are true, he told me. these are not true, and these allegations only serve to create a climate of division that helps no one. but cnn vatican analyst john allen sniffs some truth in the allegations. >> to date, none of us have actually seen the secret report delivered by the three cardinals to benedict xvi, so it's impossible to say precisely what it contains. on the other hand, the core claim of this story that the cardinals looked into the possibility that there might be a network of gay clergy inside the vatican who were vulnerable to pressure, to me, that passes the
pope benedict was so shocked by the allegations, he decided to resign. it follows with uncharacteristically strong language saying these "unverifiable or completely false news stories caused serious damage to persons and institutions and are an attempt to use public opinion to influence the cardinals' free will in the election of a new pope." cardinal depaulis will take part at that election in the conclave and stresses caution. we cannot say things that are only guesswork or...
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we will take you inside the new home where benedict will spend the rest of his life. plus inside the secret talks over who will take his place. we will break down the front-runners. and the catholic church at a cross roads. what the next pope needs to do to win back believers. i'm brooke baldwin and i want to welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world any moment history in the making. for the first time in six centuries, a pope will officially retire. give up his reign as leader of the catholic world. this comes hours after he left vatican city by helicopter, saluted his followers that one final time as pope. >> difference. i am happy to enjoy your sympathy. i give thanks for your friendship and for your affection. >> this is a different day for me than earlier days. i am no longer the pope. but i am still in the church and i am just a pilgrim who is starting the last part of his pilgrimage on this earth. >> fast forward to now. take a look with me. live pictures of the summer residence. castel gandolfo. walk me through what we will see. >> he rema
we will take you inside the new home where benedict will spend the rest of his life. plus inside the secret talks over who will take his place. we will break down the front-runners. and the catholic church at a cross roads. what the next pope needs to do to win back believers. i'm brooke baldwin and i want to welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world any moment history in the making. for the first time in six centuries, a pope will officially retire. give up his reign as...
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pope benedict said today that a pope has no privacy. how difficult do you think being pope of -- a leader of 1.2 billion catholics worldwide was for quite a private man? >> reporter: it's been, i think, very, very difficult. this wasn't a man who was particularly comfortable in front of crowds. today we saw him at st. peters square in the popemobile there, and he looks frail, looks old, but he seemed to be enjoying himself. john paul ii is very much a more engaging pope and not as much as a private man as benedict xvi is. he will leave here tomorrow around this time, by helicopter, and he will go to castle gandolpho and come back to the vatican in his retirement. he'll go into isolation, he's chosen that for himself. the vatican garden cottage as it were, it's not particularly comfortable, i'm told, i haven't been in, but it is somewhere he can spend his twilight years as it were, and he's 85 years old, let's remember that, in peace and reflecting on where he is, who he is, and how far he's come. today was very much an occasion of refle
pope benedict said today that a pope has no privacy. how difficult do you think being pope of -- a leader of 1.2 billion catholics worldwide was for quite a private man? >> reporter: it's been, i think, very, very difficult. this wasn't a man who was particularly comfortable in front of crowds. today we saw him at st. peters square in the popemobile there, and he looks frail, looks old, but he seemed to be enjoying himself. john paul ii is very much a more engaging pope and not as much as...
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. >>> the vatican is slamming media reports in italy about why pope benedict decided to resign. two publications say it happened the same day the pope received a bombshell. 300-page vatican dossier documenting homosexuality in the priesthood. ben wedeman joins us from rome. the vatican says this is an attempt by the italian media to influence the upcoming conclave. walk us through this. >> reporter: basically this goes back to the december 17 when three cardinals who were assigned by pope benedict to investigate wrongdoing in the vatican presented him with a 300-page red-bound dossier which included information, according to these two publications, "la republica," a daily newspaper, and "panorama," a weekly magazine, suggesting that there was a network of gay priests within the vatican who were being blackmailed by a network of male prostitutes outside the vatican in the city of rome. the vatican has come out with an uncharacteristically strong statement saying that these "unverified, unverifiable, or false news reports" are damaging to people and institutions. and the vatican i
. >>> the vatican is slamming media reports in italy about why pope benedict decided to resign. two publications say it happened the same day the pope received a bombshell. 300-page vatican dossier documenting homosexuality in the priesthood. ben wedeman joins us from rome. the vatican says this is an attempt by the italian media to influence the upcoming conclave. walk us through this. >> reporter: basically this goes back to the december 17 when three cardinals who were...
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firing back at italian media reports on why pope benedict decided to resign. a newspaper and a weekly magazine say it happened the same day the pope received a bombshell. a 300-page vatican report about gay priests and financial corruption. a spokesman says it's just gossip designed to influence the vote for a new pope. >>> a u.s. cardinal who will be part of that vote potentially has been tied up in a legal deposition in the states today. cardinal roger mahoney answered questions about pedophile priests in the los angeles dioceses during the time he was archbishop. documents suggest he knew about the sex abuse but went out of his way to protect the priests. >>> in south africa, oscar pistorius is spending his first full day out on bail. but as part of his bail conditions, he is not allowed to go back to his own house. so he's staying with his uncle in pretoria. he is due back in in court june 4th. he is accused of murdering his girlfriend reval steenkamp. >>> here's what's trending online right now. former utah governor john huntsman is the latest politician
firing back at italian media reports on why pope benedict decided to resign. a newspaper and a weekly magazine say it happened the same day the pope received a bombshell. a 300-page vatican report about gay priests and financial corruption. a spokesman says it's just gossip designed to influence the vote for a new pope. >>> a u.s. cardinal who will be part of that vote potentially has been tied up in a legal deposition in the states today. cardinal roger mahoney answered questions...
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his spokesman says benedict got it when he was a cardinal. he says doctors replace the device's batteries about three months ago and it had nothing to do with his decision to resign. meantime, the pope's brother, george ratzinger, says he thinks the church will choose another european to replace benedict. >> translator: i'm certain a pope will come from the new continent, but whether it will be now, i have my doubts. in europe, we have many very able people. and the africans are still not so well known and maybe do not have the experience yet. i believe in later years popes will come from different countries, different parts of the world. at the moment, i believe the post will remain with a european. >> remember that little boy ethan? he was snatched from that school bus, held hostage for six days inside this bunker in alabama? well, now, 6-year-old ethan and his mother are speaking out about the whole ordeal for first time to dr. phil. >> how did you feel when you heard he might be crying for his mom? >> i wanted to be there. i wanted to tak
his spokesman says benedict got it when he was a cardinal. he says doctors replace the device's batteries about three months ago and it had nothing to do with his decision to resign. meantime, the pope's brother, george ratzinger, says he thinks the church will choose another european to replace benedict. >> translator: i'm certain a pope will come from the new continent, but whether it will be now, i have my doubts. in europe, we have many very able people. and the africans are still not...
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all of this as pope benedict xvi enters his final days in power. a top uk cardinal has resigned, accused of inappropriate behavior toward four young men in the 1980s. the vatican in damage control mode after it leak eed reports here of an alleged network of gay priests blackmailed by a group of male prostitutes. italian media saying it is no coincidence the allegations surfaced on the same day the pope announced his resignation. ben wedeman, senior international correspondent following the story for us from rome. ben this is cardinal o'brien. he says he submitted his resignation to the pope moments ago, only just accepted a day after this leaked report. talk to me about the timing. what to do we know about that? >> reporter: because he was approaching the age of 75, it is standard practice in the vatican for him to hand in his resignation months in advance of his 75th birthday. so they actually had it -- the pope had it on his desk, so to speak, but clearly when these reports began to surface in the uk, he must have decided it was time to accept it
all of this as pope benedict xvi enters his final days in power. a top uk cardinal has resigned, accused of inappropriate behavior toward four young men in the 1980s. the vatican in damage control mode after it leak eed reports here of an alleged network of gay priests blackmailed by a group of male prostitutes. italian media saying it is no coincidence the allegations surfaced on the same day the pope announced his resignation. ben wedeman, senior international correspondent following the...
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a vatican spokesman says he'll keep the name benedict xvi and still be addressed as his holiness. and you can also call him pope emeritus, emeritus pope, even roman pontiff emeritus. got it? >>> miss cantwell. >> jack lew one step closer to becoming the treasury secretary with all the aye votes. the senate finance committee approving his nomination earlier today. now goes on to the full senate when he's expected to be confirmed. >>> a stack of secret e-mails between the white house and the cia about last september's deadly attacks in benghazi are now being looked over by the senate intelligence committee. republican senators had threatened to hold up john brennan's nomination as cia director until they saw those e-mails. >>> hear that? the wind, planes here trying to land at san antonio international airport. wind gusts there, 40, 50 miles per hour. those kinds of winds are extreme here for san antonio. that went on for eight straight hours just yesterday. >>> defendant jodi arias went at it again with the state prosecutor at her death penalty murder trial in phoenix. really this
a vatican spokesman says he'll keep the name benedict xvi and still be addressed as his holiness. and you can also call him pope emeritus, emeritus pope, even roman pontiff emeritus. got it? >>> miss cantwell. >> jack lew one step closer to becoming the treasury secretary with all the aye votes. the senate finance committee approving his nomination earlier today. now goes on to the full senate when he's expected to be confirmed. >>> a stack of secret e-mails between the...
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pope benedict xvi may be blind in his left eye. that's according to a german journalist who's interviewed the pope several times, most recently in december. he tells the newspaper that the pope's hearing has also faded. and he said that the pope was so thin, tailors struggle to keep him in his clothes. the pope cited his poor health in the decision to leave the papacy on february 28. >>> you might see even higher prices at the gas pumps this morning. just a day after environmentalists marched to the white house, urging president obama to take more action on climate change. and to do that, he must kill the extension of the keystone pipeline. >> keystone xl is a dirty and dangerous pipeline. it's literally going to cut our country in half carrying a very dangerous fuel, and it will cause runaway climate change. >> alison kosik at the new york stock exchange -- you're in new york, not at the stock exchange. i recognize the difference in the background. >> good for you. >> let's talk about gas prices. it's kind of a miystery why the ke
pope benedict xvi may be blind in his left eye. that's according to a german journalist who's interviewed the pope several times, most recently in december. he tells the newspaper that the pope's hearing has also faded. and he said that the pope was so thin, tailors struggle to keep him in his clothes. the pope cited his poor health in the decision to leave the papacy on february 28. >>> you might see even higher prices at the gas pumps this morning. just a day after environmentalists...
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pope benedict xvi is considering a rule change to allow for a vote on his replacement before march 15th. that's the date set by church law which says cardinals should vote on a successor after a vacancy occurs. benedict's last day will be february 28. >>> with fighting in syria showing no signs of easing, the u.s. is providing another $19 million in humanitarian assistance. the money will help provide emergency medical care. the u.n. says nearly 70,000 people have been killed since the assad government fwan a crackdown on the opposition two years ago. >>> more on the story that has the whole world talking, blade runner oscar pistorius spending another night in prison. he is charged with the valentine's day murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he says it was an accident, that she was an intruder. police investigator says he doesn't believe miss miss waspit acting in self-defense but there is no evidence that is inconsistent with pistorius' story. speaking outside the courthouse pistorius' uncle had this to say about his nephew. >> he's not a violent person. he's a peacemaker. he's a
pope benedict xvi is considering a rule change to allow for a vote on his replacement before march 15th. that's the date set by church law which says cardinals should vote on a successor after a vacancy occurs. benedict's last day will be february 28. >>> with fighting in syria showing no signs of easing, the u.s. is providing another $19 million in humanitarian assistance. the money will help provide emergency medical care. the u.n. says nearly 70,000 people have been killed since the...